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Article: Western fights given more than fair credit.(SATURDAY)(THE CIVIL WAR)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 2, 2003
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Byline: Tom O'Brien, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
So many studies emphasize the Virginia front that any good book on the Civil War in the West is noteworthy. Any book claiming battles in the West decided the war demands special attention. Such is "Where the South Lost the Civil War," by Kendall Gott, a military historian who is unafraid (like his hero Ulysses S. Grant) of daring assertiveness. But does he prove his point?
Aided by ironclads operating on Kentucky and northern Tennessee rivers, Grant took Forts Henry and Donelson in February 1862. Confederate prisoners exceeded 12,000. Worse, Confederate armies had to abandon central Kentucky to the ...